Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-18
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
District Assembly Number Seventy
Eight Begins Its Annual Meeting
at the State Capital.
The SOuihern Part OF the State Getting
all the Pap-NOrth Texas knights
Demand 6n Even Divide.
The Suit Against the Capitol Contractors
One of tho Things to Receive Official
Attention.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Tx, Jan. 1.-THE annual
meeting of Di,trict Assembly No. IS,
Knights of Labor, was inagurated here
to. day. There have arrived in, the neigh,
borhood of seventy-fve delegates and
others of the order. Nothing further
than temporary organization and the ap'
pointing committee Of credentials was
accomplished to-day. This committee
will not report before tomorrow, and
owing to the fact of the inaugurati n OF
Gov. Ross and Lieut.. Gov. Wheeler being
an inviting occasion for the presence of
he delegates, probably little progress
will be made with bu mess earlier than
Wednesday. THE GAZETTE correspond
ent learns that the most important mat
ter that will come before the delegates
will be the election of district assembly
officers for the coming yer.
The more conservative representatives
of the order realize the necessity
of putting their best-informed and cool
est men in charge of affairs. An effort
will be made to have greater identity
and closer relationship between the Of
ficers and the rank and file toen hereto
fore. North Texas, it is claimed, fur
fishes the bulk of the privates, while the
southern part of the state monopoliZes
to great extent the trust and RESPONSE
bility, and frequently the great body of
the order is affected to its detriment by
certain policies, but has little voice in
shaping these policies with the powers
tlat be. If fairer distribution is
not made it is safe TO say
North Texas Knights will insist
uDon break OF Assembly
rs aud the formation Of assemblies by
congressional dis ricts. There are no
evidences, so far as car be observed, of
any inharmonious feeling among the dele
gales here. all appear serene, but, IS
THE GAZETTE correspondent learns, the
desire is to improve things SO future seri-
GUS internal disagreementS in the order
shall not occur.
A well-infUrmed leader of the Knights
of Labor said to-day: "NO, there will not
be much t fort made to influence legsla-
ton. OF course, the Knights will wa Oh
the course of events in the interests of
the industrial masses, just as any other
lot OF citizens will do for their
respective interests, but no such thing
as general legislative lobbying will be
done. One of the things which the pres
ent meeting will be likely to look after
will be the suit now pending against the
new capitol contractors for the importa-
ton of foreign contract labor. The con-
tractors violated a United States statute
TO the detriment of the laboring Ameri-
can citizens, and the Knights propose
holding them responsible"
One of the delegates present are in
clined to talk politics and all disclaim
any intention Of talking or taking up the
S enatorial contest for any of the aspl-
rants. 1t is very probable the meeting
will last three or four days and perhaps
all the week.
1t is learned tonight that late this af
ternoon the committee on credentials
submitted their report and an organiza-
WAS ftcted, and that under g suspension
Of the rules q resolution WAS unanimous
" adopted to the eff, C. that all Knights Of
Labor as such should hold aloot from
any participation in the efforts to elect an
United States senator.